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Definition of Acidotic

1. Adjective. Having or being characterized by acidosis.

Definition of Acidotic

1. Adjective. (pathology) Having depressed alkalinity of blood or tissue. ¹

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Definition of Acidotic

1. acidosis [adj] - See also: acidosis

Medical Definition of Acidotic

1. Pertaining to or indicating acidosis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acidotic

Literary usage of Acidotic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Sub- this gives an NH3/Gln ratio of 1.60 in the acidotic control and 1.98 in the MSO- treated acidotic rats. A direct effect of MSO on ammonia production ..."

2. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"... the fetuses that were acidotic (filled or half-filled symbols) had a considerably lower oxygen consumption than fetuses with no or only mild acidosis. ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"He was not able to establish a lower carbon dioxide tension, which is indicative of the so-called "acidotic state." The ingestion of food and starvation and ..."

4. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1919)
"There was no evidence of any acidotic breathing and there was no acidosis. There were no convulsions. VOL. ..."

5. The Determination of Hydrogen Ions: An Elementary Treatise on the Hydrogen by William Mansfield Clark (1920)
"HASSELBALCH, KA 1917 The true nature of the "acidotic condition" in infants. Biochem. Z., 80, 251 (cited). HASSELBALCH, KA, AND GAMMELTOFT, ..."

6. Handbook of therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"If the patient is acidotic, starch water and sodium bicarbonate should be given in small, frequent doses. Thin oatmeal gruel may be given. 10. ..."

7. Fasting: The Ultimate Diet by Allan Cott (1997)
"Stage two ends abruptly in an acidotic "crisis." Stage three begins when acidosis diminishes. The tongue gradually loses its white coating and the odor of ..."

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